Roosevelt School

Roosevelt School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Manville, New Jersey, operated by Manville School District. Current enrollment sits at 213 students spanning grades 3 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Manville School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,655 students; Roosevelt School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roosevelt School lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 29% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Roosevelt School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Somerset County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 28.1%.

In the broader community, Somerset County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Roosevelt School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).

Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt School has shrank 11%, going from 238 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Roosevelt School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.